Xbox 360 Indie games

[Charlie]

I tried that Olu and, yeah, it couldn't be more like Rez if it tried. It's pretty good too to be fair, it's naturally not as polished or refined, but pretty good and tempting at 240 points.

[Charlie]

I urge all Geometry Wars fans to check out Radiangames Joy Joy - a gorgeous little twin stick shooter with production values that belie it's position as an Indie game. 80pts and you too can be a winner.

[charlesr]

Looks intense!

[Brats]

Looks superb! I love these guys who release these fab games at only 80 points.

[anephric]

Bought that and Gerbil Physics 2 today. 80-point games ftw.

[Charlie]

This is one for fans of oldschool JRPGs. It's a lovingly crafted and charming adventure which supposedly includes some six hours of gameplay. At 80pts it's gotta be the best value game on the Marketplace. Well worth checking out.

Tempted to stop buying retail releases altogether at this rate, grow myself a beard, and just buy cheapskate Indie games.

[Brats]

Just grow a beard anyway .

Bought that Radiangames Joy Joy and it is aWeSoMe . Thanks for the tip mate.

[Charlie]

Glad you like it.

Might wanna check out Biology Battle too. I've championed the game in this thread before but it's worth repeating what a polished and enjoyable title it is. Costs 240pts (was 800pts at one point) and includes online leaderboards and several multiplayer modes (sadly all local). It supposedly cost $100,000 to produce as the developers were hoping MS would grant the game a Live Arcade license but MS refused (which is crazy considering the **** they do give the green light to) so it was released as an Indie game instead.

[Charlie]

Prismatic Solid

Arguably the best Indie game to date, I urge everybody download the tria for this, especially fans of hardcore Jap shoot em' ups who should adore it.

It's challenging, tactical, incredibly good-looking, abstract, psychedelic, and includes a superb oldschool goa trance-like soundtrack. It is quite difficult but completion brings with it it's own reward (which I won't ruin).

It's 80 pts. Be a winner. Get it.

[tom-nook]

Bit of a strange one here....

I had my 360 offline last night and for some reason whenever I tried to boot any indie games I got a message saying I needed to connect to Live to access the content.

I haven't changed the 360 or upgraded the hdd since they were bought. Other d/l content (XBLA games mainly) I tired worked fine and didn't revert to the trial versions as you'd expect if there was an ownership / licensing issue....

Is this normal?

[Bort]

Is this normal?

Yup. You have to be online to play indie games.

[tom-nook]

Yup. You have to be online to play indie games.

Cheers for confirming

Seems a bit silly (like most of the license stuff) but at least it explains why it was happening.

[Shaedo]

Hi all,

Here's the release trailer for Vampire Rage.



We've finally finished it and it's almost made it through review and onto the Indie Game marketplace. Will hopefully be available at some point on the weekend.

Toby.

[fuse]

That looks ace, will be checking out shortly.

I see there's a new game from the guys behind Ninja Bros too. Shall have to go on a bit of an Indie binge this weekend

[toythatkills]

I see there's a new game from the guys behind Ninja Bros too. Shall have to go on a bit of an Indie binge this weekend

It's a bit of a strange one, though!